Lantana plant named ‘Duelanhavgo’

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct cultivar of  Lantana  plant named ‘Duelanhavgo’, characterized by its compact, upright and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; freely branching growth habit; dense and bushy plant form; medium to large dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; long flowering period; relatively large inflorescences with large flowers that are initially yellow orange in color becoming yellow to lighter yellow with development; and good garden performance.

Botanical designation: Lantana camara.

Cultivar denomination: ‘DUELANHAVGO’.

CROSS-REFERENCED TO CLOSELY RELATED APPLICATIONS

Title: Lantana Plant Named ‘Duelanhavfumo’.

Applicant: Richard A. Grazzini

Filed: Apr. 15, 2017, concurrently with this application U.S. Plantpatent application Ser. No. 15/731,084

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Lantanaplant, botanically known as Lantana camara and hereinafter referred toby the name ‘Duelanhavgo’.

The new Lantana plant is a product of a planned breeding programconducted by the Inventor in Bellefonte, Pa. The objective of thebreeding program is to create new compact, freely-branching Lantanaplants with early and freely flowering habit and large attractiveflowers.

The new Lantana plant originated from a self-pollination in August, 2013in Bellefonte, Pa. of a proprietary selection of Lantana camaraidentified as code number G2X-19102-1, not patented. The new Lantanaplant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single floweringplant from within the progeny of the stated self-pollination in acontrolled greenhouse environment in Bellefonte, Pa. on Oct. 8, 2014.

Asexual reproduction of the new Lantana plant by terminal cuttings in acontrolled greenhouse environment in Bellefonte, Pa. since October, 2014has shown that the unique features of this new Lantana plant are stableand reproduced true to type in successive generations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Plants of the new Lantana have not been observed under all possiblecombinations of environmental conditions and cultural practices. Thephenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environmental conditionssuch as temperature and light intensity without, however, any variancein genotype.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined tobe the unique characteristics of ‘Duelanhavgo’. These characteristics incombination distinguish ‘Duelanhavgo’ as a new and distinct Lantanaplant:

-   -   1. Compact, upright and mounding plant habit.    -   2. Vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate.    -   3. Freely branching growth habit; dense and bushy plant form.    -   4. Medium to large dark green-colored leaves.    -   5. Early and freely flowering habit.    -   6. Long flowering period.    -   7. Relatively large inflorescences with large flowers that are        initially yellow orange in color becoming yellow to lighter        yellow with development.    -   8. Good garden performance.

Plants of the new Lantana can be compared to plants of the parentselection. Plants of the new Lantana differ primarily from plants of theparent selection in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Lantana are smaller and more compact than        plants of the parent selection.    -   2. Plants of the new Lantana are not as vigorous as plants of        the parent selection.    -   3. Plants of the new Lantana are more freely branching and        denser than plants of the parent selection.    -   4. Leaves of plants of the new Lantana are darker green in color        than leaves of plants of the parent selection.    -   5. Plants of the new Lantana and the parent selection differ in        flower color as plants of the parent selection have flowers that        are initially white in color becoming light yellow with        development.

Plants of the new Lantana can be compared to plants of Lantana camara‘Duelanhavfumo’, disclosed in U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No.15/731,084. Plants of the new Lantana differ primarily from plants of‘Duelanhavfumo’ in flower color as plants of ‘Duelanhavfumo’ have lightgolden yellow-colored flowers that become creamy white with development.

Plants of the new Lantana can be compared to plants of the Lantanacamara ‘Bani Yelbic’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 21,617. Inside-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Lantana differ from plantsof ‘Bani Yelbic’ in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Lantana are larger and more vigorous than        plants of ‘Bani Yelbic’.    -   2. Plants of the new Lantana flower earlier than plants of ‘Bani        Yelbic’.    -   3. Plants of the new Lantana have slightly larger flowers than        plants of ‘Bani Yelbic’.    -   4. Plants of the new Lantana and ‘Bani Yelbic’ differ in flower        color as developing flowers of plants of ‘Bani Yelbic’ are        lighter yellow in color.

Plants of the new Lantana can be compared to plants of the Lantanacamara ‘Balucgold’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,634. Inside-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Lantana differ from plantsof ‘Balucgold’ in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Lantana are larger than plants of        ‘Balucgold’.    -   2. Plants of the new Lantana flower earlier than plants of        ‘Balucgold’.    -   3. Plants of the new Lantana have slightly larger flowers than        plants of ‘Balucgold’.    -   4. Plants of the new Lantana and ‘Balucgold’ differ in flower        color as flowers of plants of ‘Balucgold’ are dark yellow orange        in color.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH

The accompanying colored photograph illustrates the overall appearanceof the new Lantana plant showing the colors as true as it is reasonablypossible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in thephotograph may differ slightly from the color values cited in thedetailed botanical description which accurately describe the colors ofthe new Lantana plant.

The photograph is a side perspective view of a typical flowering plantof ‘Duelanhavgo’ grown in a container.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The aforementioned photograph and following observations andmeasurements describe plants grown during the winter in one-galloncontainers in a glass-covered greenhouse in Bellefonte, Pa. and undercommercial practices typical of commercial Lantana production. Duringthe production of the plants, day temperatures ranged from 15.5° C. to24° C., night temperatures ranged from 12.8° C. to 21.1° C. and lightlevels ranged from 1 to more than 400 W/m². Plants were four months oldwhen the photograph and the description were taken. In the followingdescription, color references are made to The Royal HorticulturalSociety Colour Chart, Fifth Edition 2007, except where general terms ofordinary dictionary significance are used.

-   Botanical classification: Lantana camara ‘Duelanhavgo’.-   Parentage:    -   -   Female, or seed, parent.—Proprietary selection of Lantana            camara identified as code number G2X-19102-1, not patented.        -   Male, or pollen, parent.—Proprietary selection of Lantana            camara identified as code number G2X-19102-1, not patented.-   Propagation:    -   -   Type.—By terminal cuttings.        -   Time to initiate roots, summer and winter.—About 10 to 14            days at soil temperatures averaging 22.2° C. and ambient            temperatures averaging 18.3° C.        -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer and            winter.—About five to six weeks at soil temperatures            averaging 22.2° C. and ambient temperatures averaging 18.3°            C.        -   Root description.—Fibrous; medium in thickness.        -   Rooting habit.—Moderately freely branching; medium density.-   Plant description:    -   -   Plant and growth habit.—Compact, upright and mounding plant            habit; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; freely            branching growth habit; dense and bushy plant form.        -   Plant height.—About 46 cm to 58 cm.        -   Plant diameter.—About 46 cm to 58 cm.-   Lateral branch description:    -   -   Branching habit.—Freely branching habit with about eight to            ten primary lateral branches developing per plant; each            primary lateral branch with potentially two secondary            lateral branches developing at every node; pinching enhances            lateral branch development, but is not required.        -   Length.—About 12 cm to 18 cm.        -   Diameter.—About 2 mm to 3 mm.        -   Internode length.—About 1.6 cm to 2 cm.        -   Strength.—Strong.        -   Texture.—Pubescent, scabrous; longitudinally ridged;            becoming woody with development.        -   Color, developing stems.—Close to 144A.        -   Color, developed stems.—Close to 163A.-   Leaf description:    -   -   Arrangement.—Opposite, simple.        -   Length.—About 6.6 cm to 7.4 cm.        -   Width.—About 4.4 cm to 6.4 cm.        -   Shape.—Ovate.        -   Apex.—Acute.        -   Base.—Attenuate.        -   Margin.—Serrate.        -   Texture, upper and lower surfaces.—Pubescent, scabrous;            moderately rugose.        -   Venation pattern.—Pinnate.        -   Color.—Developing and fully expanded leaves, upper surface:            Close to N137A; venation, close to N137A. Developing and            fully expanded leaves, lower surface: Close to 138A;            venation, close to 138A.        -   Petiole length.—About 1.5 cm.        -   Petiole diameter.—About 2.5 mm.        -   Petiole texture, upper and lower surfaces.—Pubescent,            scabrous.        -   Petiole color, upper and lower surfaces.—Close to 138A.-   Flower description:    -   -   Flower arrangement and flowering habit.—Solitary salverform            flowers arranged in terminal and axillary hemispherical            umbels; flowers face mostly upward or outward; freely            flowering habit with about 32 to 38 flowers developing per            inflorescence and numerous inflorescences developing per            plant during the flowering season.        -   Natural flowering season.—Early flowering habit, plants            begin flowering about 13 to 14 weeks from unrooted cuttings;            long flowering period, plants of the new Lantana flower            continuously throughout the summer in the northern United            States.        -   Flower longevity on the plant.—About four weeks; flowers not            persistent.        -   Fragrance.—Fragrant; sweet and spicy.        -   Inflorescence height.—About 2 cm to 2.3 cm.        -   Inflorescence diameter.—About 3.8 cm to 4.2 cm.        -   Flowers.—Appearance: Flared trumpet, corolla fused,            five-parted; flowers are sessile. Diameter: About 9 mm to            10 mm. Depth (height): About 2.1 cm.        -   Flower buds.—Length: About 7 mm. Diameter: About 3 mm.            Shape: Tubular. Color: Close to 144C.        -   Corolla.—Arrangement: Single whorl of five fused petals.            Petal lobe length: About 5 mm to 6 mm. Petal lobe width:            About 4 mm to 6 mm. Petal lobe shape: Obovate. Petal lobe            apex: Acute. Petal margin: Entire. Petal texture, upper and            lower surfaces: Papillose. Color: When opening, upper            surface: Close to 15A. When opening, lower surface: Close to            11A. Fully opened, upper surface: Close to 13A; color            becoming closer to 11C with development. Fully opened, lower            surface: Close to 11A; color becoming closer to 11C with            development. Throat: Close to 13A. Tube: Close to 11A.        -   Calyx.—Appearance: Tubular calyx with five fused sepals.            Length: About 5 mm to 7 mm. Diameter: About 2 mm. Sepal            shape: Lanceolate. Sepal apex: Acute. Sepal margin: Entire.            Sepal texture, inner and outer surfaces: Pubescent. Sepal            color, upper surface: Close to 144B. Sepal color, lower            surface: Close to 144C.        -   Peduncles.—Length: About 1.9 cm to 2.2 cm. Diameter: About 1            mm to 1.5 mm. Strength: Strong. Texture: Pubescent. Color:            Close to 144A.        -   Reproductive organs.—Stamens: Quantity and arrangement: Four            per flower, adnate to floral tube. Filament length: About            0.5 mm. Filament color: Close to 155C. Anther length: About            1 mm. Anther shape: Oblong, bi-lobed. Anther color: Close to            14C. Pollen amount: Sparse. Pollen color: Close to 10C.            Pistils: Quantity: One per flower. Pistil length: About 3 mm            to 4 mm. Stigma color: Close to 155C. Style length: About            2.5 mm to 3 mm. Style color: Close to 155C. Fruits and            seeds: Fruit and seed development have not been observed on            plants of the new Lantana to date.-   Garden performance: Plants of the new Lantana have been observed to    have good garden performance and to tolerate wind, rain and    temperatures ranging from about 13° C. to about 38° C.-   Pathogen & pest tolerance: Plants of the new Lantana have not been    observed to be tolerant to pathogens and pests common to Lantana    plants to date.

It is claimed:
 1. A new and distinct Lantana plant named ‘Duelanhavgo’as illustrated and described.